Sunday, May 08, 2011

Tuna Rolls

It has been a long while since I last made these. I’ve been thinking of it for the past few weeks and finally made some for our afternoon tea. I used to made sardine rolls often during my teen years as that was the first kind pastry I learned to made in school. Since Carlos is not a fan of Sardines I change it to can tuna. As for the pastry, I just use my favorite shortcrust pastry recipe. This pastry is light and very flaky and it will be great for pies too.

1. Combined flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a food processor. Give it a few pulses. Add in the butter and pulse until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
2. With the food processor running, drizzle in the lightly beaten egg and 2 tbsp of cold water. Process until mixture begins to form into a large clumps (add in a bit more water if necessary).
3. Turn pastry out on to a work surface and knead gently to bring the dough together. Form into a square disc. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour before using it.
4. In the meantime, prepare the tuna filling. Combined the filling ingredients in a bowl and mix well. Set it aside.
5. Roll out the pastry into rectangle shape. Cut it to about 12” w x 3 ½” h strips. With the wide side of the pastry facing you, put some filling in the middle of the strips and roll it up. With a shredded knife, cut into 2” logs. Give a couple of slits on each log for the steam to escape while baking.

6. Do the same to the rest of the pastry. Egg washes the rolls and bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
7. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Happy Mother Day Gert!! I like tuna puff too!! well,maybe I should bake this type of snack since I bought almost few dozen tuna..Eliot asked it's tune on sale!! haha! not on sale but for him to eat while I'm away!

Happy Mother's Day but this recipe sounds like everyday to me. I love your recipe and it inspired me to make a tuna melt type roll because I love tuna melts. I hate making my own dough though, do you think the already made dough would do fine?

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